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Kashif Raza; Simon Li; Catherine Chua – Science & Education, 2024
Traditional engineering education (Eng. Ed) has received criticism for restricting student learning and experiences to practical skills development while ignoring the significance of fostering cognitive skills that encourage higher order thinking, criticality, and self-reflexivity. Imaginative education (IE) has emerged as a consideration for…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Imagination, Higher Education, Conventional Instruction
Mpuangnan, Kofi Nkonkonya; Amegbanu, Vida Adzo; Padhan, Soubhagya – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
Based on the dynamic nature of the Ghanaian society, teacher training has become a major concern for all. Successive governments have formulated policies to improve quality education at this level. One of such policies is the Education Act of 2008 that made provision for a Diploma in Basic Education (DBE) curriculum in the Colleges of Education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Curriculum Development
Nav R. Ghimire; Vikram Koundinya; Anil Kumar Chaudhary; John M. Diaz; Jon Hogge – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2023
Improving the quality of educational programs and the demand for accountability have put the professional development of Extension educators high on Cooperative Extension's agenda. Effective professional development facilitates improved program design and implementation, which, in turn, translates into higher clientele satisfaction. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Adult Educators, Adult Education, Professional Development
Stevenson, Joseph Martin; Stevenson, Karen Wilson – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are often the center of discussion among faculty in higher education during discourse about curriculum conceptualization, design, planning development, and implementation. This commentary offers a functionally-centered framework that places faculty feasibility, fluidity, freedom, and flexibility around a core…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Higher Education, College Curriculum, Alignment (Education)
Dietz, Erika Gustafson; Darragh Ernst, Johnna – ZERO TO THREE, 2023
This article highlights two competency-based coaching and mentoring models for the incumbent infant-toddler workforce, designed and implemented at two Illinois institutions of higher education. Each model has been intentionally developed with an antibias and equity lens, focused on cultivating a diverse workforce of practitioners through…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Experiential Learning, Competency Based Education
Byrne, Chris; Prendergast, Mark – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2020
This study examines the concerns of Irish secondary school teachers to the introduction of three reformed curricula, namely: English, mathematics, and Design and Communication Graphics. Major changes have been introduced in each of these subjects at different time periods over the past 12 years. The Stages of Concern Questionnaire was selected by…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Elliott, John; Austin, Lucy – Educational Action Research, 2019
This paper tells a story about the design, development and impact of a post-graduate Masters-level module aimed at (1) enabling groups of teachers within schools to develop innovative approaches to teaching and learning on the basis of their own Lesson Studies and (2) creating a school network of excellence for Lesson Study in the area as a…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Masters Programs, Instructional Design, Instructional Innovation
Cicutto, Lisa; Gleason, Melanie; Haas-Howard, Christy; Jenkins-Nygren, Lynn; Labonde, Susan; Patrick, Kathy – Journal of School Nursing, 2017
School health teams commonly address the needs of students with asthma, which requires specific knowledge and skills. To develop a skilled school health team, a competency-based framework for managing asthma in schools was developed. A modified Delphi with 31 panelists was completed. Consensus (=80% agreement) was reached for all 148 items…
Descriptors: Diseases, Health Services, Delphi Technique, Guidelines
Singh-Pillay, Asheena; Alant, Busisiwe – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2015
This paper accounts for the enacted realities of curriculum reform in South Africa, in particular the mediation of curriculum change. Curriculum implementation is viewed as a complex networked process of transforming or mediating policy into classroom practice. The fact that curriculum implementation is seen as problematic requires attention for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Foreign Countries, Biological Sciences
Rhodes, Joan A., Ed.; Milby, Tammy M., Ed. – IGI Global, 2016
The number of English language students in American schools has dramatically increased in recent years, creating a greater awareness of cross-cultural issues and considerations in education. Globalization as well as an increase in international exchange student programs has proven that pre-service teachers can benefit from traveling abroad and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness
Fetters, Michael L.; Duby, Tova Garcia – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2011
Faculty development programs are critical to the implementation and support of curriculum innovation. In this case study, the authors present lessons learned from ten years of experience in faculty development programs created to support innovation in technology enhanced learning. Stages of curriculum innovation are matched to stages of faculty…
Descriptors: Innovation, Faculty Development, Models, Program Implementation
Diehl, Sandra J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Building health literacy skills among adult learners has the potential to contribute to efforts to eliminate health disparities and improve health outcomes. Adults with limited literacy skills are more likely to be underserved by health services and at risk for poorer health. Recognition of the need for stronger health literacy skills and a desire…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Promotion, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Bowes, Margot; Bruce, Judy – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2011
This article explores the ongoing evolution of a critical approach to teaching physical education in senior school physical education (SSPE) within a New Zealand context. The nature and development of SSPE is briefly discussed in order to contextualise a shift toward a critical pedagogy in light of recent curriculum changes that focus on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Physical Education, Critical Theory
Wang, Victor C. X. – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2010
Developing curriculum(s) requires instructors to take into several factors. These factors can be viewed as critical components of curriculum development for career and technical education (CTE) instructors. Without adequately addressing critical components such as curriculum history, curriculum theory, curriculum philosophies, curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Career Education, Technical Education, Teacher Competencies
Bryant, Lara M. P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Geographic inquiry increases higher-order thinking skills which can be supported through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The purpose of this research project examines the effect of using a Collaborative Inquiry Model (CIM) model during professional development on the rate of effective GIS implementation in K-12 classrooms. The…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Educational Technology, Thinking Skills, Phenomenology